Sl.No Characters Sampling Sites P1 P2 1. Colour Dark blackish Black 2. Temperature 250C 240C 3. pH 6.9 7.2 4. Total dissolved solids (TDS) mg/l 860 190 5. Odour Foul Foul 6. Conductivity µs/cm 1390 310 7. Total alkalinity mg/l as CaCO3 135 31 8. Total hardness mg/l (TH) as CaCO3 218 48 9. Nitrate mg/l as NO3 04 03 10. Chloride mg/l as Cl 156 43 11. Sulphate mg/l as SO4 199 40 12. Calcium mg/l as Ca 70 16 13. Magnesium mg/l as Mg 36 08 14. COD mg/l 92 88 15. BOD mg/l 30 22 16. Cr mg/l 0.776 0.334

Table 2: Physico-chemical characteristics of Pulp & Paper processing effluents (P1 & P2).